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This week's avalanche of third-quarter earnings report is dominated by the financial services and healthcare sectors, among others. That is not stopping some traders from positioning in sectors with upcoming earnings updates. Energy is one of those sector as data indicate some traders are...

Like other sectors, healthcare tumbled last week, but the group's decline was less bad than that of the broader market. The Health Care Select Sector Index (IXVTR) fell 3.42 percent, less bad than the 4.12 percent shed by the S&P 500. The sector, the S&P 500's second-largest sector...

U.S. stocks tumbled Wednesday with the technology sector, the largest sector weight in the S&P 500, acting as the primary culprit. The tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 Index shed 4.40 percent while the Technology Select Sector Index dropped 4.85 percent. Not all traders were frowning, however. Positioning...

The utilities sector is rarely equated with excitement, but give the Utilities Select Sector Index some credit. That widely followed benchmark of utilities stocks has been soaring since the Federal Reserve raised interest rates last month. The Utilities Select Sector Index deserves some more credit...

Third-quarter earnings season kicks off in earnest this week and that means an imminent avalanche of earnings reports from the financial services sector. The arrival of another earnings seasons also means the opportunity for active traders to engaged leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs). What...

The Dow Jones Transportation Average Index is up about 7 percent year-to-date, lagging the broader market in the process, but there are ways for traders to magnify their transportation gains while playing a potential rebound in the sector. Enter the Direxion Daily Transportation Bull 3X Shares (...

Emerging markets assets are struggling this year, a fact confirmed by a year-to-date loss of more than 9 percent for the widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Negative anecdotes for emerging markets assets do not end there. Exchange-traded funds tracking developing economies are besieged by...

The first round of Brazil's presidential election occurs on Sunday, October 7. Some traders are already positioning for that event as highlighted by recent activity in the Direxion Daily MSCI Brazil Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: BRZU). BRZU looks to deliver triple the daily returns of the MSCI...

Aerospace and defense stocks are carrying the broader the industrial sector this year. The Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index is nearly nearly 15 percent year-to-date compared to 5.4 percent for the S&P 500 Industrial Index. Active traders looking for more juice out of the long...

As tariffs, sanctions, and politics continue to coalesce into a shadow of uncertainty hanging overhead, the markets haven’t blinked—at least not the US markets. The S&P 500 Index is hovering around all-time highs, and the Q2 earnings season was a rousing success across the board....